semiformis

Latin

Etymology

From sēmi- (“half”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seː.miˈfoːr.mis/, [s̠eːmɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.miˈfor.mis/, [semiˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

sēmifōrmis (neuter sēmifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. half-formed, semiform

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sēmifōrmis	sēmifōrme		sēmifōrmēs	sēmifōrmia
genitive	sēmifōrmis			sēmifōrmium
dative	sēmifōrmī			sēmifōrmibus
accusative	sēmifōrmem	sēmifōrme		sēmifōrmēs sēmifōrmīs	sēmifōrmia
ablative	sēmifōrmī			sēmifōrmibus
vocative	sēmifōrmis	sēmifōrme		sēmifōrmēs	sēmifōrmia

Descendants

• Spanish: semiforme

References

• “semiformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• semiformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.